Music in New York


The Big Apple:

Featuring stories and photos from my NYC days and about my NYC musician friends.

 

Room for Roots Tour in Sweden

We arrived in Stockholm on Monday, October 3. On Tuesday, Lauren and I took the subway across town to find Izzy Young at Folklore Centrum. Folks were friendly and pointed us in the right direction to find Wallmar Yx Kullsgatan 2bv. When we arrived,  I looked through the big, glass, street-level store window, and there was Izzy – now in his late 80s, but very much the same as ever. I had not seen him in 46 years! ⇨ Read more

Allan Block: Fiddler, Poet, Sandal-maker

Allan was a great fiddler, a fine musician, and a wonderful poet and leather craftsman. His sandal-making shop was an established part of New York City’s West Village for many years. And on Saturday afternoons, it became the meeting place for one of the best Old-Time Music jam sessions in the Northeast USA. ⇨ Read more

Black-and-white photo of five men in long-sleeve shirts and neckties singing together

The Stuff of Art and Songs

I often hear folks using Paris in the 1920’s as an example of a time and place of great artistic atmosphere and importance. I wasn’t there, but I believe that it was so. I lived in New York City in the 1960’s, however, and I also believe that New York back then had a similarly powerful atmosphere and importance. ⇨ Read more

The Star-Spangled String Band

Kenny Kosek, Allen Feldman and I became the Star Spangled String Band in High School. We were crazy about old-time music. We played constantly throughout high school, did a lot of live shows,appeared on radio often, and traveled to the fiddlers conventions at Galax, Virginia, and Union Grove, North Carolina. ⇨ Read more

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